Open AccessAge and Outcome in Gastrointestinal Cancers: A Population-Based Evaluation of Oesophageal, Gastric and Colorectal Cancer
Author(s) -
Anne Schlesinger-Raab,
Jens Werner,
Helmut Frieß,
Dieter Hölzel,
Jutta Engel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
visceral medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.598
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2297-475X
pISSN - 2297-4725
DOI - 10.1159/000477104
Subject(s) - medicine , colorectal cancer , gastroenterology , gastrointestinal cancer , cancer , population , oncology , general surgery , environmental health
With demographic changes and partial representativeness of randomized studies the question arises which results are achieved in the treatment of the elderly. The objective was to analyse population-based data on gastrointestinal cancers in terms of age.